Re: TI-H: A question about heatsinks

To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: TI-H: A question about heatsinks
From: Bishop <ldgregory@biogate.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 22:35:59 +0900
Reply-To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org

Heat sinks work by using conduction. Heat is transferred off the chip (or
other device to which a heatsink is mounted) by conduction, and radiated
off through the fins of the heatsink. This is basically the same theory as
connecting an alligator clip (or similar clip) between the point you are
soldering and the component you wish to protect from heat damage.

At 02:21 PM 8/10/97 PDT, you wrote:
>I know this may be off the subject but I have a question.  What is a 
>heatsink?  I have heard about them, and I know the keep stuff 
>(microproccessors?) from overheating (right?), but how do they work?  I 
>know a some stuff about electronics(mostly about the operation of 
>microproccessors and RAM, ect).
>
>Thanks.
>Matt Butch
>mjb25@hotmail.com
>"You'll Never Walk Alone!"-Melanie Jayne Chisholm aka Sporty Spice
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